gst203 List of Questions

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Q1 __ is regarded as a group of propositions whose function is to make a claim about something

dissertation
law
argument
philosophy

Q2 Logos, the Greek word from which Logic derived does not mean ___
discourse
word
study
life

Q3 The Greek word for wisdom is ___

sophia
philosophy
philo
alethia

Q4 Philosophy is the only discipline that is ___ in nature

old
universal
scientific
atheistic

Q5 Aristotle holds that understanding philosophy entails mastering ___

other sciences
theology
God
atheism

Q6 The natural sciences broke away from philosophy in ___

18th century
19th century
17th century
20th century

Q7 ___ writings were regarded as Encyclopedia of philosophy by the medieval men

Plato
Pythagoras
Aristotle
Augustine

Q8 Anaximenes was the first to explain ___

cause of rainbow
eclipse of the sun
the regenerative power of music
that man evolved from fishes

Q9 Thales predicted ___ in 585 B.C

death of King Herod
Coming of Jesus
Global famine
Eclipse

Q10 Which of these was not among the pre-colonial regional capitals
Enugu
Kaduna
Lagos
Ibadan

Q11 In dividing Nigeria into Eastern and Western regions __ was used as the boundary
 Ndiukwuenu Forest
Ikom River
River Niger
River Benue

Q12 ___ regrded fire as the primary substance of all reality

Locke
Anaximander
Anaximenes
Heraclitus

Q13 Thales identified ___ as the primary substance of the universe

ashes
cold
water
sand

Q14 ___ is not among the sources of philosophy

curiousity
sense of wonder
desire for knowledge for its sake
idleness and poverty

Q15 The first standard comment about the nature and definition of philosophy was made by ___
Pythagoras
Isaac Newton
Plato
Aristotle

Q16 ___ had his philosophical training in Africa

Plato
Pythagoras
Augustine
Confucius

Q17 Western Philosophy originated in___

Miletus
Rome
Athens
Sicily

Q18 "Honesty is my best policy" is an expression of ____

One's religious belief
One's philosophy of life
Declaration of one's honesty
Manifestation of one's righteousness

Q19 The hotel manager with a degree in food and nutrition is heard refering to herself as a philosopher. Her doing so is regarded as
___
impersonation
double assumption of identity
false identification
layman use of the term

Q20 Every philosopher define philosophy in his or her own way because philosophy is ___
old discipline
complex
hard
everyday wisdom

Q21 Deny the following statement: "I am a thief"__

It is you that is a thief
No, I am not a thief
There is no single thief in my family
It is my father that was once a thief
Q22 ___ and ___ qualify a statement as logical
truth and observability
deniability ad assertability
conditionality and proportionality
contradiction and inferability

Q23 In logic, another name for statement is ___

truth
proposition
fact of matter
conceptual analysis

Q24 __ is not among the three divisions of formal logic

logic of propositions
logic of terms
logic of assumptions
logic of relations

Q25 ___ is the logical process exhibited in this statement: All lecturers are homosexuals
simple apprehension
judgement
intuition
reasoning

Q26 In logic, when the mind forms the concept of anything we say that ___ has taken place
judgement
intuition
reasoning
simple apprehension

Q27 Man's ability to think is regarded as ___

ethics
reason
sensibility
productivity

Q28 ___ is not a source of knowledge

gossip
intuition
reason
faith

Q29 ___ is not a branch of ethics

meta ethics
normative ethics
descriptive ethics
causative ethics

Q30 Another name for ethics is called ____

moral philosophy
materialism
characater
empiricism

Q31 _____ is the concern of ethics

what is
what was
what ought to be
what will be

Q32 The saying that unexamined life is not worth living is attributable to ___
Manford
Aristotle
Socrates
 Kukah

Q33 ___ branch of philosophy is regrded as theory of knowledge

physicalism
epistemology
metaphysics
logic

Q34 Aristotle named his book that deals with nature ___
versmeneutic
Oncology
Physics
De Anima

Q35 ___ is regrded as the study of first principles

ethics
metalogical deontic logics
politics
metaphysics

Q36 An argument that rests on probability is called ___

deductive argument
inductive argument
rational argument
empirical argument

Q37 Draw the conclusion of this argument: All lecturers will go to heaven; Dr Uthman is a lecturer; therefore__
Dr Uthman is an exception
Dr Uthman will go to heaven
I have seen a lecturer involved in evil
False, bad lecturers will not go to heaven

Q38 Deductive argument move from __ to ___

up to down
general to particular
particular to general
from horizontal to perpedincular

Q39 Arguments are either deductive or ___

doxastic
imperative
inductive
argumentative

Q40 In standard argument conclusion is infered from__

debate
premises
formality
symbolism

Q41 The fallacy that misrepresents a fact, and then goes ahead to attack that misrepresentation is called ___ fallacy
bandwagon
ad hominem
straw man
accusatory

Q42 "If you see any lecturer supporting the current administration, that person has been paid heavily." This is an example of ___
fallacy
ad hominem
straw man
bandwagon
accusatory

Q43 In informal fallacies___ does not render an argument fallacious

at least one premise is false
 emotions are appeal to
argument lacks structure
arguments are not about the thesis under consideration

Q44 Errors in reasoning are called ___

irrationality
fallacies
mindset
abberation

Q45 ___ is not among Haliday's function of language

heuristic
imagiative
regulatory
commissive

Q46 If you have ever heard of the book; "How to do things with words", kindly identify ___ as the author
Socrates
J. L. Austin
Wole Soyinka
Nelson Mandela

Q47 The abbreviation, L. A. D. means ____

Logic and Development
Linguistic Advancement Conference
Legal Advancement Digital
Language Acquisition Device

Q48 "It shall be well with you," the pastor thundered to the congregation. ___ function of language is at play here
emotive function
blessing function
declarative function
deductive function

Q49 Jamiu raised the veil that covered the face of his new bride, "I will be with you till the end of my life." ___ is the function of
language expressed here
expressive function
informative function
commissive function
directive function

Q50 "I am writing my TMA 3 of GST203." ___ function of language is expressed here
expressive function
informative function
commissive function
directive function

Q51 ____ is a function of language

echoistic function
literary function
normative function
expressive function

Q52 The type of argument that proceeds from particular to the general is called __
deductive argument
inductive argument
voluntary argument
syllogistic

Q53 ___ is the middle term of the following syllogism: All Kanuris live in the North East. Galadima is a Kanuri. Therefore, Galadima
lives in the North East
Galadima
North East
Kanuri
Lives
Q54 All Nigerians are rich; Dr Eric Omazu is a Nigerian; Therefore, Dr Eric Omazu is rich
I do not know whether Dr Eric Omazu is rich or not
Therefore, Dr Eric Omazu is rich
All Nigerians are rich
Dr Eric Omazu is a Nigerian

Q55 All students cheat in exams; I am a student; Therefore, I cheat in exams __is the major premise of this statement
All students cheat in exams
I am a student
Therefore, I cheat in exams
I have never cheated in my exams

Q56 "The NOUN vice-chancellor is good" The predicate term of the proposition is ___
good
vice-chancellor
NOUN
unknown

Q57 An argument that contains three propositions is called___

syllogism
induction
premises
conclusion

Q58 __ is not a conclusion indicator

for the reason that
therefore
because
since

Q59 Evidence for holding a conclusion is called ___

justification
truth table
premise
infered parts

Q60 __ is not a logical sentence

You are stupid
My father is good
Mr Amos is a drunkard
Shut up

Q61 Categorical syllogism asserts or deny ___ between classes

relationship
premises
propositions
logic

Q62 "I am having my girlfriend for dinner," is a fallacy of ambiguity because

it conveys more than one meaning
I want to practice cannibalism on my girlfriend
I want to eat dinner with a girl who is not married to me
It is an euphemism for saying I will have sex with my girlfriend this evening

Q63 Every categorical syllogism contains ___

one term
two terms
three terms
four terms

Q64 ___ is the branch of ethics concerned with logic of ethical arguments
normative ethics
applied ethics
meta ethics
 prescriptive ethics

Q65 The Greek word for knowledge is __

alithia
apologia
euthyphro
episteme

Q66 "A is A" expresses __ law of thought

law of contradiction
law of excluded middle
identity
inclusivity

Q67 Teachers are good. Adamu is a teacher. Therefore, Adamu is good. ___ is the major term of this categorical syllogism
Teachers
Good
Adamu
None of the above

Q68 The letter "P" in categorical syllogism represents ___

Major term
Middle term
Minor term
Inclusive term

Q69 The terms of a categorical syllogism does not include ___

middle term
inclusive term
major term
minor term

Q70 ___ is not a characteristics of a syllogism

Has independent conclusion
Has at least three propositions
Has at least two propositions
Has one conclusion

Q71 "All students are good" is an example of __

universal negative proposition
univeral positive proposition
particular negative proposition
particular positive proposition

Q72 ___ and __ are two types of affirmo

univeral and particular
universal and essential
particular and essential
Paricular and incubative

Q73 ___ type of definition has truth value

Heuristic definition
Lexical definition
theoretical definition
extensional definition

Q74 ___ is not a type of definition

Heuristic definition
Lexical definition
theoretical definition
extensional definition

Q75 My car is heavy. Therefore, the side mirrors to my car are heavy. This is an example of ___ fallacy
ad cumbum fallacy
fallacy of division
 dubiousity fallacy
fallacy of composition

Q76 The art of attributing qualities of part of a whole to the whole is refered to as ____
ad cumbum fallacy
fallacy of division
dubiousity fallacy
fallacy of composition

Q77 "Let's eat grandma," is an example of ___fallacy

fallacy of composition
fallacy of pity
fallacy of equivocation
fallacy of amphiboly

Q78 ___ is not an example of fallacy of ambiguity

fallacy of equivocation
fallacy of amphiboly
fallacy of pity
fallacy of composition

Q79 "We are going to deal with anyone who fails to vote Mr Ajayi in the upcoming election." This is an example of ___fallacy
ad bacculum
straw man
argument against the man
tu quogue

Q80 "Pastor, you are advising me against armed robbery, were you not the one caught with Ogbuefi's wife?" This is an example of
____
abusive ad hominem
tu quoque ad hominem
circumstantial ad hominem
situational ad hominem